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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MongoliaCongo - KinshasaUganda
2,43351,18123,408
2,46152,78224,195
2,48954,45324,992
2,51956,17025,846
2,54757,86026,661
2,57459,59927,414
2,60261,47428,200
2,63363,47929,021
2,66665,59029,846
2,70267,80030,647
2,74170,11431,469
2,78372,55032,343
2,82775,13833,257
2,87077,79234,234
2,91280,53435,271
2,95383,36836,419
2,99386,22937,673
3,03189,19339,157
3,06892,20940,879
3,10395,23242,329
3,17198,32043,639
3,231101,49945,120
3,284104,76746,645
3,333108,17148,065

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Uganda

  • 1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Mongolia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.